Nike ‘S’ Driver
Built For Speed
The “S” in the new Nike
Golf VR_S line introduced at
last week’s PGA Merchandise
Show in Orlando stands for
“Speed” and, according to
company director of prod-
uct creation Tom Stites, the
460cc driver in that extension
of Nike’s VRS family is its
fastest ever.
“The average ball speed
coming off these clubs is
faster, not only on those
shots hit on the center of
the face but also up to a full
half-inch to three-quarters of
an inch off of that,” he says.
“And that added speed means
added distance.”
He says that speed comes
in part from a more aerody-
namic sole and club perim-
eter, as well as employment
of a lightweight, 50-gram
Fubuki shaft. Another fac-
tor is the utilization of Nike’s
NexCOR technology and its
multi-face thickness design
in the rounded clubhead so
that it “flexes” around the
crown as well as the heel and
toe and allows the ball, in
Stites’ words,
to literally “fly”
off a face that he
says is as forgiving
as it is hot.
